WORLD HISTORY

COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM

COLONIALISM AND ITS ANALYSIS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Why did Europeans improve roads, build bridges, and put down railroad tracks in their colonies?
A
To obtain raw materials for their industries
B
Provide high-paying jobs for the colonists
C
Impress the colonists with their technology
D
Help missionaries spread the Christian religion
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -This infrastructure was intended to increase trade by exploiting the native country for goods and easily transporting them to port cities. In both countries the European power was successful in their mission to increase their trade rate.

Detailed explanation-2: -During the nineteenth century, Europeans improved roads, built bridges, and put down railroad tracks in their colonies primarily to: Obtain raw materials for their industries.

Detailed explanation-3: -Raw materials like rubber, timber, diamonds, and gold were found in Africa. Europeans also wanted to protect trade routes. During the 1800s, Europeans moved further into the continent in search of raw materials and places to build successful colonies.

Detailed explanation-4: -The reasons for African colonisation were mainly economic, political and religious. During this time of colonisation, an economic depression was occurring in Europe, and powerful countries such as Germany, France, and Great Britain, were losing money.

Detailed explanation-5: -In the 19th century, energized by the industrial revolution and under pressure from a rapidly growing population, Europe launched a new period of colonial expansion, inspired by the discovery of new markets, new areas for the settlement of Europe’s poor migrants, and the desire to “civilize the barbarian nations “.

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